Drivers Ed Schools Close with No Warning

Hundreds of North Texas student drivers are out on the street tonight after their schools closed without warning, leaving students and parents trying to figure out how to finish their classes to get licenses. (Published Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009)

"We'll have to pay another school because they're not going to offer it for free," said parent Sharon Rush.

She paid $375 to send her daughter to the Dallas location at Audelia Road and LBJ Freeway.

"And there wasn't even a sign on the door until several days later," Rush said.

Now, fliers from the TEA are available at the Dallas location telling customers that school records have been seized. The TEA will send letters to students by the end of October with information about how to complete courses at other schools, the fliers say.

The TEA is hoping to offer refunds from the schools' surety bonds, but spokeswoman Suzanne Marchman in Austin said there may not be enough money to cover all 520 students who were enrolled.